Well, my swim platform had always been loose, ie it knocked in the bracket slightly, and I hadn't payed too much attention to it. So after towing a couple hours to the lake it felt a little more loose than usual but again, didn't think too much of it. Until my wife pointed out the 1/4" gap between the top of the bracket and the stern.

The upper three screws had stripped out the holes. Thank god the bottom two were solid. I could have lost the damn thing driving down the freeway. Take the platform off for the ride home and pull the bracket off, it starts pissing water out of the lower two holes, that isn't good either.

I know the lower two holes are holding the screws and might just be open to the bilge, hence the water. I can't get to the backside of the middle upper screw and of course the upper two line up perfectly with the floorboard of the storage locker.

I would love some suggestions. Cut out the floorboard and bolt through, fill holes with epoxy resin and redrill, maybe sell and find a cheaper hobby?

Since you're not in a hurry, i would fix it right the 1st time instead of just patching it up. IMO the platform brackets should be through bolted with an aluminum plate on the inside to distribute the load.

Are you saying the only thing attaching the brackets to the transom are self tapping wood screws?!? If so, thats pretty shoddy construction on the part of the mfr. IMO. Before the Supra guys attack me for saying this, please note my profile that I myself have a Supra, albeit an older one.

I's say do it; aesthetics be damned. Otherwise, you'll end up having to come back and do it again in 3-5 years. Also. when those screws pull out, it exposes the core of your transom to water... not good.

You might fill the old holes with some sort of epoxy and drill new holes for the throughbolts.

Or you could use the existing holes and custom make an aluminum backing plate with that bolt pattern.

I have a supra 05 21v as well and my platform is super loose. When just parked in the water I can feel it shake the whole boat when bobbing in the water. Iíve used felt in the past to try and fill the gaps but now I wonder if it is the screws.